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6:21 PM.A global online company review site has been launched in New Zealand. Audio

6:19 PM.Auckland Transport officials say they want to come down harder on people who are dodging train fares but the most they can do now is stop them travelling any further. Audio

6:15 PM.Two Northland communities are holding public meetings this evening, to air complaints about police staffing. Audio

6:10 PM.The ex flatmate of the Turangi cold case killer says Menzies Hallett told him in the 1980s that he was responsible for the death of a man but he kept it to himself. Audio

6:08 PM.Two police officers shot and tasered a Porirua man holding his partner at knifepoint today, and their commander says they saved her life. Audio

5:52 PM.Camping in terrifying jungle and losing large amounts of weight through sickness are just two of the obstacles facing a New Zealand team of kayakers taking on unpaddled canyons in Papua New Guinea. Audio

5:47 PM.The marae hosting the tangi of Parekura Horomia wants manuhiri or visitors to know there are beds available, however many people turn up; And a Ngati Porou man based in Bangkok has paid tribute to… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.An Otago woman has gone public over her lengthy and frustrating battle with Inland Revenue over her stolen IRD number. Audio

5:41 PM.New Zealand's two-and-a-half billion-dollar foreign student industry is hurting under the combined weight of a high dollar and the global recession. Audio

5:37 PM.Labour and the Greens say a call by business groups to drop their new electricity policy is ill-informed and alarmist. Audio

5:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:26 PM.The Christchurch lawyer who apologised for the behaviour of National List MP, Aaron Gilmore, at a restaurant at the weekend, says Mr Gilmore threatened to get the Prime Minister's Office to sack a… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:20 PM.An investor in one of the failed Hubbard finance companies, Aorangi Securities, is relieved he'll be getting all his money back but is blaming the statutory managers for the time it's taken. Audio

5:17 PM.Our political editor, Brent Edwards, requested the papers under the OIA - he's with us. Audio

5:12 PM.New Zealand Post has warned the Government it might have to subsidise letter deliveries if the six-day-a-week service is to continue - but says the request isn't an ultimatum. Audio

5:07 PM.The police say they shot and tasered a man in Wellington this morning to save a woman's life - and it shows the new rules giving officers easier access to weapons are justified. Audio

5:00 PM.Police say easier access to guns has saved a woman's life. NZ Post makes another plea to cut mail deliveries and what did Aaron Gilmore, say and do at that restaurant dinner. Audio

6:57 PM.Playing the computer game, Tetris, could be the answer for those who suffer from the vision problem, known as lazy eye. Audio

6:52 PM.President Obama might have renewed his campaign pledge to close Guantanamo Bay but some human rights activists are calling for action not words. Audio

6:48 PM.Hundreds gathered at Hauiti Marae in Tolaga Bay, north of Gisborne, for the first day of the tangi for Parekura Horomia; And members of Ngati Porou living abroad are remembering Parekura Horomia as a… Read more Audio

6:41 PM.An extra 73 and a half million dollars will be poured into top science projects over the next four years, on top of the 60 million dollars the Government already spends. Audio

6:35 PM.Retailers are backing the new youth wage saying more young people will get jobs because of it. Audio

6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:24 PM.News from the business sector. Audio